as in blunder
somewhat informal
a problem that makes a situation difficult or confusing
A major scheduling snafu led to two meetings starting at the same time.
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Recent Examples of snafu
Flashback: American isn't the only airline to have suffered holiday snafus.
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Ben Berkowitz, Axios, 24 Dec. 2024
Companies have made efforts to source from other regions given the first tariff cycle and to remedy Covid supply chain snafus, but the risk remains.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
Some demanding the child should be given back the PS5, which the Hornets agreed to do while issuing a public apology for the PR snafu.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 18 Dec. 2024
Gelsinger, who had spent most of his career at Intel before serving as CEO as VMWare, returned to the troubled chipmaker in 2021 to try to turn the company around following production snafus.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024
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Ben Berkowitz, Axios, 24 Dec. 2024
Companies have made efforts to source from other regions given the first tariff cycle and to remedy Covid supply chain snafus, but the risk remains.
—Pia Singh, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
Some demanding the child should be given back the PS5, which the Hornets agreed to do while issuing a public apology for the PR snafu.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 18 Dec. 2024
Gelsinger, who had spent most of his career at Intel before serving as CEO as VMWare, returned to the troubled chipmaker in 2021 to try to turn the company around following production snafus.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snafu
Noun
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The blunders were addressed afterward by Rob McIntosh, the chief people officer of Stripe, in a memo to employees shared with CNN.—
John Towfighi,
CNN,
23 Jan. 2025
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But that was just one of the city’s many policy blunders of that era.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Jan. 2025
Noun
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And there are plenty of inspector-general reports to support my view that there have been mistakes.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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Another question to consider: Does this mistake reflect their true character?—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
3 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The German hit 12 unforced errors in the set as too many of his forehands skewed off his racket at the wrong angle and out of the court.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2025
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Keys broke three times in the first set, helped in part by Sabalenka’s four double-faults and 13 total unforced errors.—
Howard Fendrich,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Snafu.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snafu. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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